You've all quite forgotten the correct etiquette. When you wish to make acquaintance, you must have one of your servants (footman is acceptable) call at the premises where the wished-for acquaintance resides, and leave your calling card with the butler (who may not be the person who opens the door to him, as that is the job of a lower ranked servant) - you must not, of course, deliver the card yourself. The card will then be taken to the person nominated, usually on a silver tray, who will decide whether the relationship is to be pursued. If so, he/she will have a message delivered to your household, informing you of the time and date when you may present yourself for the first meeting. This will normally be in the morning, but not for lunch, as this is only attended by invited guests of good character and some acquaintance. Colonial persons should be advised that it is most unlikely that they will be received into society at the first instance.
John in Brisbane (Who once was invited to dine with a colonial governor, but never got a repeat invitation!) -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob W-PDML Sent: Wednesday, 6 January 2016 18:01 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Warning to the UKians (and possibly other Europeons) On 6 Jan 2016, at 05:45, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> LOL! >> >> That's not the way I've phrased it... >> "Yo! Cotty, Bob! I'll be there in five hours. Are you available for a pint? >> I'll buy!" >> >> Seems to work pretty well. :-) > > I was thinking more along the lines of letting me know if they'd be off on > holiday during a particular timeframe. Tell us when you're coming, then we can tell you when we'll be on holiday... :0) I normally take my summer holiday two or three weeks either side of midsummer. Other than that there's the occasional 2-3 days here and there. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
